House Speaker John Boehner, who appeared to spend more time forging a relationship with Barack Obama than representing the principles of his Republican conference and the American people, has been retained instead of getting the boot he so richly deserved.
The Hill reports that Boehner won with a bare majority in a vote in which nine Republicans voted for other GOP members, and several others abstained from voting or voted “present.” Two years ago, Boehner won all 241 available GOP votes.
Boehner needed 218 votes to win reelection assuming a full roster of 435 members voted, but only 426 voted, so he only needed 214 votes.
Courageous defectors from Boehner included Rep. Justin Amash (R-MI), who voted for Rep. Raul Labrador (R-ID). Rep. Steve Pearce (R-NM) and two freshmen, Reps. Jim Bridenstine (R-OK) and Ted Yoho (R-FL), all voted for Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-VA), but Cantor himself voted for Boehner.
Reps. Paul Broun (R-GA) and Louie Gohmert (R-TX) voted for outgoing member Allen West (R-FL). Rep. Walter Jones (R-NC) voted for former Comptroller General David Walker.
Interestingly, Speakers of the House do not have to be members of the House, although historically they all have been.
Rep. Thomas Massie (R-KY) voted for Amash, and Rep. Tim Huelskamp (R-KA) voted for Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH).
This was the vote in the U.S. House today.
Very disappointing. This tear-eyed Obama ass-kisser is an embarrassment. I wonder what the back story to this sleight of hand is? We deserved better. What’s up with our Arizona Republican congressmen?
I echo your disappointment. Where are the Arizonans with the sturdy backbones we thought we were electing? Is walking in lockstep with leadership and colleagues so important? Not a single one of them can vote for you, fellas!!
I called Paul Gosar’s office this morning & asked him to NOT VOTE for this coward…I see what he thought of that…RE-ELECT ABSOLUTELY NO-ONE…
Seems that even Ruby could be elected.
We have one single thing in common. Ray Charles!
Boehner the Boner was re-seated with the help of our own Republican members of the House of Representatives: Paul Gosar, Matt Salmon, David Schweikert and Trent Franks. I’d like to know why. Surely there were other options. I’m angry!
“Of the four GOP lawmakers stripped of plum committee assignments last month, Schweikert was the only one Thursday to support retaining Rep. John Boehner as House speaker.”
What a “Conservative” stalwart! Boehner kicks Schweikert off the Financial Services Committee and Schweikert licks Boehner’s boots! What a stand-up guy!
Yet another Arizona “Conservative” with feet of clay! If the man won’t even stand up for himself he sure as heck isn’t going to stand up for us. Start looking for employment in the private sector, Schweikert! In two years, we’re going to color you gone!
Allen West. Now’s there’s a man with integrity. What a change for the better that would have been. Can’t you see the liberals going nuts over this honorable, military leader and black conservative butting heads with Obama? A dream come true…which is, I suppose, why it didn’t happen!
Those are very disappointing votes.
Boehner wouldn’t be my pick but since he is there it is better than many alternatives. The Republicans have done an extremely poor job of making their case and end up looking Eubylike as laughingstocks to the majority of American voters. Boehner looked foolish in requiring Mitch McConnell to make a deal on taxes.
Almost missed this comment, Westnash, LOL!
I’m a “laughing stock”? (Two words, by the way!) Here’s a definition of “laughing stock” for you, Westnash:
“an object of humiliating ridicule”
I don’t feel humiliated and the only “ridicule” I see here comes from you.
Being on the radical left, what would you know about “the majority of American voters”, Westnash?
I actually heard Schweikert on a prominent daytime radio talk show during the days leading up to the cliff vote. He had already been booted out of his committee assignment by RINO Boehner. During the long, tedious moments of his interview, he danced very artfully and all around the actions of RINO Boehner, using moves that would have amazed Gene Kelly. Much to the frustration of the host, Schweikert refused to answer any question put to him, instead bobbing & weaving to continually change the subject and avoid any discussion about the betrayal of conservative America by the GOP leaders.
It is no surprise that the AZ-4 ran from this vote like a pack of whipped puppies. They had to show Boss Boehner and the GOP elites that they have got their minds right. They’re gonna do what they’re told, yessirree…
Congressman West couldn’t be muzzled, so the GOP threw him under the bus. Look what we’ve come to now.
God bless America.
Of course you’re right …again, Leo. Excellent assessment. How disappointing our GOPers are. I honestly expected more.
YOU NAILED IT, LEO!!! I was just explaining to a friend of mine how the entire AZ delegation is just absolutely WORTHLESS to varying degrees. He was espousing on Schwiekert’s “conservatism”, & honestly, since I’m in Gosar’s district, actually had a little more respect for him than my own “deserter” congressman & really don’t have all the facts on Schwiekert, he had me stumped. Wwweeelll…yeah…he called me back last night…it was one-a’ those times ya’ HATE to be right…
…as for Marine Col. (RET) Allen West…I just wish he’d move to Arizona…HEY! Howza-bout we could get him to run against th’ prada-socialist & th’ nation’s first openly bi-sexual congressperson (oh for GOD’S SAKE PLEEZE) CD-9′s own kirsten sinema…
If only, Doc. Col. West is not only conservative, but also fearless. He wouldn’t fold like a limp noodle.
Sorry to change the subject a bit – but read the comments of McCain (who voted for the Fiscal Cliff bill without reading it) as reported on Fox news.
“It’s hard to think of anything that could feed the cynicism of the American people more than larding up must-pass emergency legislation with giveaways to special interests and campaign contributors,” Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., said in a statement.
“They were just crammed into the bill literally in the middle of the night,” McCain told Fox News Radio. “The American people deserve better and we have now earned their well deserved disdain about the way we do business.”
None of these individuals are willing to read the internet, listen to talk radio, believe in the Constitution. All they want is our money and control.
Glad to see someone who will put some sanity in military budget:
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20130105/us-obama-personnel/?utm_hp_ref=homepage&ir=homepage
Beautiful, Westnash! In supporting Chuck Hagel for Secretary of Defense, you reveal where you really stand!
“Kerry & Hagel: Both unfit for duty”
“Exclusive: Gen. Patrick Brady rejects Obama candidates for top Cabinet posts”
“By Maj. Gen. Patrick Brady, U.S. Army (ret.)”
“As the nation recognizes the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War, two veterans of that war are front-runners for high office: John Kerry for secretary of state and Chuck Hagel for secretary of defense. Unfortunately, neither one possesses the exceptional qualities of the typical Vietnam veteran. Both are willing pawns of a president who has no clue on foreign relations and is emasculating our military – our surest guarantor of peace and the one governmental institution that still works.”
“Hagel, who once denounced the ambassadorial appointment of a homosexual and homosexual conduct in the military under “don’t ask don’t tell,” now supports a quad sexual (homosexual, heterosexual, bisexual and transgender) military. As a tribute to his loyalty and military prescience, he turned on his commander in chief, President Bush, denouncing the war in Iraq, which he voted for, and called President Bush’s successful surge “the most dangerous foreign-policy blunder in this country since Vietnam.” He also said, “Our relationship with Israel is special and historic. … But it need not and cannot be at the expense of our Arab and Muslim relationships.” Our relationship with Israel, by definition, affects our relationship with Arabs and Muslims. Change one and you change the other, which may be Obama’s goal.”
“Hagel joins political turncoats such as Sen. James Webb who sniff out media opinion and polls to determine what they believe and to fulfill their selfish ambitions. This man is an opportunist and a mediaphobe low on character and conviction.”
http://www.wnd.com/2012/12/kerry-hagel-both-unfit-for-duty/
Westnash portrays himself as someone who is fiscally Conservative, wanting to cut spending. But look at the Obama legislation supported by the man Westnash is backing for Secretary of Defense!
“Likely Obama Defense pick pushed U.N. scheme”
“Long history of support for transfer of wealth to Third World”
“byAaron Klein”
“Former Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb., President Obama’s likely nominee to head the Department of Defense, has a long history of introducing legislation aimed at massive U.S. funding for the Third World, even pushing a de facto global tax.”
“With Obama, Hagel co-sponsored the Global Poverty Act, which would have imposed a new “tax” on the U.S. requiring the country to add 0.7 percent of the gross national product to its overall spending on humanitarian aid.”
“For fiscal 2009, for example, the bill would have translated into up to $98 billion in required new aid.”
“A key section of the bill would have required the U.S. president to develop and implement a comprehensive strategy to achieve the United Nations Millennium Development Goal. The U.N. project purportedly aims to reduce by one-half the proportion of people worldwide who live on less than $1 per day.”
“The U.N. Millennium Development Goal has demanded the imposition of international taxes as part of a stated effort of “eradicating extreme poverty, reducing child mortality rates, fighting disease epidemics such as AIDS and developing a global partnership for development.”
“Investor’s Business Daily reported the Millennium goal called for a “currency transfer tax,” a “tax on the rental value of land and natural resources” and a “royalty on worldwide fossil energy projection – oil, natural gas, coal.” It also called for “fees for the commercial use of the oceans, fees for airplane use of the skies, fees for use of the electromagnetic spectrum, fees on foreign exchange transactions, and a tax on the carbon content of fuels.”
http://www.wnd.com/2012/12/likely-obama-defense-pick-pushed-u-n-scheme/
What’s the matter, Westnash? Nothing more to say in support of your boy Hagel, LOL!